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Maitland qualifies to play for Scotland through his grandparentsDavid Rogers/Getty Images

Mark Cue

Last updated at 11:38AM, January 29 2013

Scotland will hand Sean Maitland, the New Zealand-born wing, his debut against
England in their RBS Six Nations Championship opener at Twickenham on
Saturday.

The 24-year-old qualifies to play for the Scots through his grandparents and
will be joined in the starting XV by his Glasgow Warriors team-mate, Dougie
Hall.

“Sean Maitland is very proud to be pulling on the Scotland jersey for the
first time,” Scott Johnson, the interim head coach, said. “His
family will be rapt because they raised him in New Zealand always reminding
him of his Scottish heritage, getting up in the early hours of the